Danny is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Danny one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Danny is a short variant of Daniel or Daniela and therefore a biblical name.
Danny means “God is my judge” (from Hebrew “dan/דָּן” = to judge or “din/דִּין” = law + “el/אֵל” = God).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Danny is currently ranked #4656 on the name leaderboard.
Curious about more trends? Find out which names are most popular in the USA, Canada, Australia, and worldwide.

| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
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| 🇦🇺 Australia | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇫🇷 France | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇬🇧 Great Britain | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇺🇸 USA | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
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